CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTORY.........v[{ CHAPTER I MEHEMET ALI : THE CREATOR OF MODERN EGYPT . . I CHAPTER II FROM MEHEMET ALI TO THE OCCUPATION . . . . 21 CHAPTER III THE FICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF BRITISH CONTROL . 43 CHAPTER IV THE FIRST PHASE OF THE OCCUPATION .... 05 CHAPTER V A PERIOD OF TRANSITION.......81 CHAPTER VI THE SECOND PHASE OF THE OCCUPATION . . . .100 CHAPTER VII EGYPT DURING ,THE WAH.......120 CHAPTER VIII THE CLAIM TO " COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE " . . . 142